DOJ’s Record 127,271 BTC Seizure Resurfaces Amid Scam Crackdown
The DOJ’s record bitcoin forfeiture case has renewed scrutiny of global scam compounds tied to crypto fraud, trafficking, and orga...
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Cosmos-based Gravity Bridge halts bridge after reported $5.4M exploit
Gravity Bridge was drained of roughly $5.4 million in a suspected signing key compromise, prompting validators to halt the bridge...
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Gravity Bridge Drained of $5.4 Million as Hacker Routes Stolen Funds Through Binance
Cross-chain protocol Gravity Bridge was drained of roughly $5.4 million on May 30, with the attacker reportedly funneling part of...
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DxSale drained for $7.3M in BNB Chain liquidity exploit
DxSale was drained for about $7.3 million from BNB Chain liquidity providers, raising fresh concerns over old DeFi locker contract...
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UK Sanctions Strike Russia-Linked Crypto Networks in Sweeping Crackdown
Crypto exchanges face new U.K. enforcement pressure after Britain targeted Russia-linked sanctions-evasion networks using digital...
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StakeDAO exploit creates 5.4 trillion vsdCRV but nets only $91K
PeckShield said the attacker bridged 43.7 ETH to Ethereum after minting trillions of vsdCRV, while EmberCN said most of the remain...
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HTX denies UK sanctions allegations as new data flags $7.6B Russia-linked flows
UK sanctions Huobi Global S.A., operator of HTX, over alleged role in Russia’s “A7” shadow network, as new analysis claims the exc...
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UK Sanctions Hit Huobi Global S.A., HTX Says Exchange Operations and User Funds Remain Safe
Key Takeaways: Huobi Global S.A. was placed on the sanctions list by the UK for Russian-related financial activities. HTX said the...
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U.K. Sanctions 18 Entities and Persons for Evading Russian Trade Blockades
Summary The U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) sanctioned 18 cryptocurrency exchanges, payment providers,...
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What a high-quality crypto SAR looks like for financial institutions
When the Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued advisory FIN-2019-A003 in May 2019, it set out seven categories of cr...
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$3.2M Vanishes in 2 Hours as Safe Wallet Module Exploit Drains 86 Crypto Vaults
Key Takeaways: About $3.2M was siphoned from both the Ethereum and Base networks using a third-party Safe module exploit. Attacker...
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UK designates cryptoasset exchanges including HTX in sweeping new sanctions package targeting Russia
Today, the United Kingdom announced one of its most expansive cryptoasset-focused sanctions packages to date. For the first time,...
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Kelp DAO says rsETH restored 5 weeks after $293M protocol hack
Kelp DAO says that sETH mints, redemptions and rewards operations have been running smoothly since it opened withdrawals for the t...
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Squid and Safe Labs say third-party module behind $3.2M exploit
A third-party module drained about $3 million from Safe wallets, with Squid attributing the incident to an external Safe module, s...
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Latam Insights: US Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Crypto Laundering, Venezuela Shuts Down Mining Farm
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition,...
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MiCA Compliant Euro Stablecoin Depegs to $0.85 After 1-of-3 Multisig Exploit Drains Millions
Malta-based stablecoin issuer StablR suffered a security incident on Sunday, after an attacker exploited a weak multisig configura...
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Is Crypto a Security? The 2026 Guide to US Digital Asset Law (Part One)
This research report originates from a multi-part series titled Law and Ledger, which examines one of the most important and unset...
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StablR Euro and US dollar stablecoins depeg after $2.8M exploit
Stablecoin issuer StablR says it has been compromised, with Blockaid suspecting the cause is a private key compromise of an owner...
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